Asphalt mix master curve construction using sigmoidal fitting function with non-linear least squares optimization

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 123, 2004, Pages 83-101

  Pellinen, Terhi K ^a   Witczak, Matthew W ^b   Bonaquist, Ramon F ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

^c Advanced Asphalt Technologies LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE CYCLIC MODULUS; SIGMOIDAL FITTING FUNCTIONS;

DATA REDUCTION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MIXTURES; SPREADSHEETS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ASPHALT;

EID: 1642357591     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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